Stadium Stakeholder Engagement Lead

Mace; Riyadh; Hybrid; SAR 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is providing strategic project management consultancy for major stadium programmes in Riyadh, delivering new stadiums, capacity upgrades, and mixed-use developments with a strong focus on knowledge transfer and sustainability. You will lead engagement across clients, authorities, and communities to ensure projects align with client requirements and approvals.

The role requires an engineering degree, early PMO exposure, APM certifications, and Saudi visa eligibility, with opportunities for

Qualifications

• Engineering degree or equivalent qualification.
• Introductory PMO and project controls experience.
• APM Foundation and Practitioner certification.
• Saudi Arabia visa eligibility and relevant high-value project experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the project's stakeholder engagement and communications strategy.
• Identify, map, and manage key stakeholders, including clients, government authorities, sporting bodies, utility providers, operators, and local communities.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regulatory authorities to secure approvals, permits, and stakeholder buy-in.
• Coordinate stakeholder requirements and ensure they are incorporated into project planning, design, and delivery.
• Manage stakeholder issues, conflicts, and escalations to minimize impacts on programme, cost, and project objectives.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and consultations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Monitor stakeholder risks, maintain action trackers, and provide regular reporting to senior leadership.
• Supervise community engagement initiatives and manage public-facing communications where required.
• Support the delivery of stakeholder and communications activities, ensuring alignment with project objectives and client requirements.
• Build effective relationships with clients, stakeholders, and project teams to enable successful outcomes.
• Monitor performance, reporting, and compliance against stakeholder and communications management plans.
• Drive continuous improvement, strengthening methodologies, integration, and delivery across communications disciplines.

Skills

PMO exposure

Stakeholder management

Communications planning

Workshop facilitation

Presentation skills

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

APM Foundation and Practitioner

Job description

Mace is providing strategic project management consultancy for major stadium programmes in Riyadh, delivering new stadiums, capacity upgrades, and mixed-use developments with a strong focus on knowledge transfer and sustainability. You will lead engagement across clients, authorities, and communities to ensure projects align with client requirements and approvals.

The role requires an engineering degree, early PMO exposure, APM certifications, and Saudi visa eligibility, with opportunities for